Training Program in Musculoskeletal Research

Funds

For predoctoral trainees, the funds pay:

• 60% of tuition and academic fees, with the 60% maximized at $16,000 per year. For CWRU graduate students, the current part-time tuition rate per credit hour and the technology fee are found at: http://www.case.edu/finadmin/controller/bursar/tuition.htm
  


• an NIH stipend, $20,772 per year. This 2008 level is the same as the 2007 level, found on the NIH website at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-057.html.
  


• 100% of CWRU student health insurance.
  


• $1,000 per year for travel to present at professional meetings.

For postdoctoral trainees, the funds pay:

• 60% of tuition, with the 60% maximized at $4,500. The current CWRU tuition rate per credit hour is found in the last column (for part-time graduate students) at: http://www.case.edu/finadmin/controller/bursar/tuition.htm.
  


• An NIH stipend determined by the years of postdoctoral experience. The smallest stipend is $36,996 annually, for no years of postdoctoral experience (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-057.html).
  


• 100% of CWRU postdoctoral health insurance.
  


• $1,000 per year for travel to present at professional meetings.